Credit-accounting appliance.



PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

, R. D. PARDEE.

CREDIT ACCOUNTING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1906.

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No. 846,136. PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907. R. n. PARDEB.

CREDIT ACCOUNTING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1906. I

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IN VENT OR.

WITNESSES:-

, I AVTTORNEK UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFIOE.

ROLLIN. D. PARDEE, OF

, McOASKEY REGISTER RATION OF OHIO.

CREDIT-ACCOUNTING APPLIANCE.

' No. 846,136. I

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 31, 1906.

Patented March 5, 1907. $eria11lor 309,029.

' To all whom it may concern:

to provide improved Be it known that I, ROLLIN D. PARDEE, a i citizen of the United States, residing at Gari re ttsville, in the county of Portage and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Credit-Accounting.Appliances and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, 1 reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of; reference marked thereon, which form a part 1 of this specification. I

'This invention relates to cabinets and apparatus thereof pertaining to credit-account systems in which duplicates of original itemized invoices or sales-slips are filed in systematic order without making bookentries of the accounts, the invention having I particular reference to the leaves and clips thereon for holding the slips or bills and also referring to the frames and mountings of the.

eaves. v

Objects 'of the invention are to provide bill-holding leaves of improved construction, hinges for the leaves, to

rovide improved springs for holding the eaves u ri ht, to providemeans for enabling the uns il ed to replace broken or weak springs with new ones, and to provide improved spring-clips for the leaves.

With the above-mentioned and minor objects in view the invention consists of improved and simplified frames for supporting and connecting the leaves together, removable springs for the leaves detachably connected thereto, so as to revent the sprin s from forms of I chafing the faces'o the leaves, novel inge members for the leaves, and in improved bill-clips; and, further, the invention consists in the novel parts of the apparatus and in the combinations and arrangements of arts, as hereinafter particularly descri ed, and referred to in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 re resents perspectively a credit-account cabinet having the improvements connected therewith Fig. 2, a fragmentary central trans-1 verse sectional view showing the apparatus I in the cabinet, one of the leaves being asl sumed to be held away from the others; Fig. 3, a perspectiveview of the frame of the leaves with fragments of leaves mounted. thereon; Fig. 4, a fragmentary sectional l of two'corners of view approximately onthe line 10 10 in- Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a fragmentary rear detail view showing a hinge and spring of a leaf; Fig. 6, .a plan view of one of the leaves, showing the rear thereof as normally held or the top when the leaf is horizontal; Fig. 7, a sectional view of the leaf on the line A A in Fig. 6; Fig. 8, a transverse sectional view of a bill-holding clip as on the line B B in Fig. 6, and Fig. 9 a

perspective view of'a standard for supporting the end of a hinge-stud.

Similar reference characters in the drawings designatecorresponding elements or features.

As illustrating the purposes and the manner of using the improvements, a well-known type of cabinet is shown, comprising a desk part a/and an u right case mounted on the rear part of the esk comprising sides I) and c, a back d, and a bottom e, there being a ledge f on the forward portion of the bottom 6. The

cabinet may be suitably modified for holding and inclosing the bill-holdin leaves.

The frame for the billholc iing leaves comprises a base C, which in operative position rests on the bottom 6 a ainst the ledge f and leans against the back of the case, a button 9, having a knob h, securing the'base removably to the back. The frame com rises also two ends D and D, that are attac ed to the base, there being studs attached to the ends that serve as hinge. pins. or pivots for the leaves. A pair of relatively'long studs E and E are attached to the ends near the forward part ofathe frame, and the ends of the studs are ards F and F, each one of which has a hole '5 in the base thereof, through which a screw is inserted into the base O, adjustably holding the standard, the upright parts of thestandards having each a socket 7c therein to receive the end of a stud. The screws j may be loosened, so that thestandards may swing away from the studs. A suitable number of additional relatively short studs are also attached to the ends D and D, and grooves Z are formed in the base O at suitable distances from the ends.

The bill-holding leaves, as H or H, are hinged to tioned by-- novel means comprising hinge parts formed of wire, there being at each one each leaf a Wire coil I, en-

supported by a pair of standthe studs of the frame above men Gand G circling a pivotal stud, each coil having a terminal end part m, extending along an end of the leaf and secured thereto by a lip n of the leaf, the coil having also another terminal end part 29, extending along a side of the leafand secured thereto by a lip n of the leaf, so that each hinge part has two branches extending in different directions and with the lips stiffening the corners of the leaves, while being securely attached thereto.

fThe forward leaf H is subject to relatively severe service and is designed to assist in lifting the remaining leaves to upright positions, and it therefore is provided with rela tively long springs J, which encircle the studs E'and E, each spring having an arm (1 bearing on the base 0 and an arm 1" engaging the front of the leaf under strain; so as to normally hold the leaf in upright position. The other leaves, as H, are provided each with a air of s rin s com rism each a coil J relatively shorter than the coils J and having each an arm-q seated in a groove Z and an arm 1' pressing against the front of the leaf. All of the arms 1' of the springs have each a iug 8 extending into a suitable depression in the leaf or into a rubbing-strip t of the leaf.

In order to screen the bills that may be placed on'the leaves H or H and also to partially exclude dust, the free end of each leaf has a guard u attached thereto, that extends rearwardly to the adjacent leaf, and a fingerhold '0 is also attached-to the end of the leaf.

The bill-holding frame is provided with a bunching-yokc w for holdin the leaves together. when removed from she cabinet.

- The leaves, as H and H, are all provided with a suitable number of clips K of improved construction and'formed of springwire, a single piece of wire for each clip having coils x and y separated one from the 15 connecting the two other, with ends extending through holes 11- and- 12 in the leaf and having hooks 13 at the extremities of the wire. Each clip has a clasp L attached to. the middle portions thereof, which stiffens the clip and serves as a plate on which index characters 14 are placed, the free end'of the clip having a bar side bars that have the clasp attached thereto, the end bar 15 being considerably longer than the. clas The broad cli ends hold the bills closeFy against the lea and prevent the curlingup of '1 the edges of the bills.

In practical use the leavesmaybe moved in-the' usual manner, and ,when desired the hinge-springs may be readily removed and replaced by new springs. When the leaves become heavy with accumulated bills and do not rise promptly from horizontal positions, the stronger springs J will cause the front leaf to assist the others in rising to the upright positions.

. Having thus described the invention, what is-claimcd as new is 1. Credit-accounting appliances including a frame, studs attached to the frame, billholding leaves provided with hinge members formed of wire encircling the studs and hav ing ends secured to. the'leaves, and springs on the studs and engaging the leaves.

2. Credit-accounting appliances including a frame, a plurality of studs attached to the frame, one pair of the studs being longer than the others, bill-holding leaves hlngedon the frame, and springs mounted on the studs and engaging the leaves, the springs on said longer studs being longer than the other springs 3. Credit-accounting appliances including a frame, a plurality of studs attached to the frame, one pair of the studs being longer than the others and having each an end support connected detachably thereto, bill-holding leaves hinged on the studs, and -springs mounted on the studs and engaging the leaves, the springs on said longer studs being longer than the other springs.

4. Credit-accounting appliances including a frame, studs attachedto-the frame, and

bill-holding leaves having turned-over edges and provided with hinge ,members for-med of wire encircling the studs and having ends secured in the turned-over edges of the leaves, one end of each hinge member extending parallel to the studs and another end of the hinge member extending at right angles to the studs.

5. Credit-accountingappliances including a frame, studs attached to the frame, billholdin leaves provided with hinge members.

formed of wire encircling the studs and'having ends secured to the leaves, said leaves being provided also with springs having arms secured. against lateral movement to the leaves, the springs being mounted on the studs.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, March 26, 190 6.

ROLLIN D. ,PARDEE.

Witnesses".

J. J. BROWN, W; K.. SHECKLER. 

